Tasmanian Country Hour
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Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.
Warm weather triggers one of the states earliest ever vintages
Tassie's wine industry bucking an interstate trend of low wine grape prices, with demand for cool climate grapes keeping prices high and scientists working on a half a million dollar project to reduce the growth time of one of pyrethrum.
The Country Hour visits one of Tasmania's prized cropping and livestock estates, Vaucluse and we talk to a farmer managing Glencoe and Enstone Park stations as big rains hit Tasmania's North East.
Can Tas Irrigation get its re-designed scheme for the Tamar Valley over the line second time around ?
Many people familiar with the Pacific would associate Bougainville with the island region's struggle for independence and years of conflict - and perhaps not so much as a place to source horticultural workers.
Farm thefts on the up, and celebrating Tasmania's women in STEM
Nickel mine folds under price pressure, dairy giants axe milk deal
Flood of cheaper Indonesian nickel triggers closure of yet another Australian mine
After a brush with melanoma two Tasmanian farmers want to spread the word about the importance of sun protection
Wildlife carers are seeing Tasmanian devil roadkill on the rise in the states north west
Supermarkets under scrutiny as ACCC announces inquiry into pricing practices
